| Definition: A form of fiction which became popular in England in the second half of the eighteenth century involving elements of the supernatural designed to give a pleasing frisson of terror to the reader. [d] [e]
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| Workgroup category: literature Workgroup [Please add or review categories]
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| Article status: Developing article (beyond a stub, but incomplete)
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| English language variant: British English
| Underlinked article?: Not specified
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| Talk Archive: none (to start Archive 1)
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